Car-fender.



, No 735,315; PATBNTED AUG. ,4, 1903.

T. TERZANO.

GAR FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8. 1903.

no MODEL.

WITNESSES Q INVENTM 2, 1- V www l A TTORNEVS PATENT Patented August 4,1903.

OFFICE.

TEoDosIo TERZANO, or HoosIcK rants, NEW YORK.

CAR-FENDER;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Iatent No. 735,315, dated August4, 1903.

Application filed June 8, 1903. Serial No. 160,478. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern; n n

Be it known that I, TEODOSIOTERZANQ', a f citizen of the United States,residing at Hoosick Falls, in the county of Rensselaer and State of NewYork, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Fenders,ofwhich the following is a specification, such as will enable thoseskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved fender fortramway-cars whereby the serious and sometimes fatal accidents,occasioned by a person being struck by a car while in motion will beavoided, a further object being to provide a fender for tramwaycarswhich will prevent a person or party struck therebyfrom passing beneaththe car; and with these and other objects in view the invention consistsin a device of the class specified constructed as hereinafter describedand claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed. in the following specification, ofwhich the-accompanying drawings form apart, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views, and in which- Figure 1 is aside view of one truck ofa car, provided with my improvement; Fig. 2, a plan view thereof, andFig. 3 a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

In the drawings forming part of this speci fication I have shown at aone of the trucks of a car and at a the front platform of a car, and inthe practice of my invention Iprovide a fender or guard of the followingconstruction.

Myimproved fender or guard consists of a bottom member I), preferablytriangular in 40 general form and the base of which is directedbackwardly and the apex forwardly, and

this bottom I) may consist of a frame of similar form, if desired, and,as shown in the drawings, the bottom 6 is provided'withupwardly-directed side members h to which are secured spring bow-piecesb and around the bottom portion of the fender or guard and securedthereto in any desired manner is an elastic tubular member b The springbowpieces 6 decrease in dimensions from the rear portion of the fenderor guard forwardly,

tion,

' and the form of said fender or guard is thus made practicallysimi'larto one-half of a cone. Connected with the front of th'eplatforma is a'yoke-shaped member c,similar.in form to a clevis, and securedthereto is a springmetal strip b which forms a part of the fender properand which extends downwardly and forwardly beneath the spring bow-piecesb and the front end of which is formed into a loop 19 and secured to thebottom I) of the fender or guard proper.

An upright member at is secured to the central rear portion of thebottom of the fender or guard, and to the member a and .at onesidethereof is a backwardly-directed arm e,

with which is loosely connected at f a link member g which passesloosely through the bottom portion of a hanger h, secured to the bottomof the platform a The front axle i of the truck a is provided with aneccentric j, on which is mounted an eccentric-band 3' and theeccentric-band j is provided with an arm 3' which is pivotally connectedwith the link member or atj and by means of this construction themovement of the car will give the fender or guard a lateral vswingingmo- (indicated by the dotted lines a: in Fig.2.) n Thefender or-guardmay be supported at any desired distance above the track It, and

my invention is not limited to-the exact details of the form of thefender or guard and the construction thereof as herein shown anddescribed norto the particular means herein shown and described forconnecting the fender or guard with the platform of the car, as it willbe apparent that various changes in and modifications of the details ofthis arrange- 1. A fender or guard for tramway-cars suspendedfrom and infront of the platform of the car and in operative connection with aneccentric mounted on one of the axles of the car whereby the fender orguard is given a lateral swinging motion, substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. A fender or guard for a tramway-car supported in front of the car andadapted to be swung in a horizontal plane, an eccentric connected withan axle of the car and devices connected with said eccentric and withthe fender or guard and adapted to give the latter a swinging sidewisemovement, substantially as shown and described.

3. A fender or guard for a tramway-car consistin g of a bottom portiontriangular in form, transversely-arranged spring bow members securedthereto, a central top member to which the spring bow members aresecured and an elastic member passing around the bottom portion of thefender or guard, substantially as shown and described.

4:. A fender or guard fora tramway-car consisting of a bottom portiontriangular in form, transversely-arranged spring bow members securedthereto, a central top member to which the spring bow members aresecured and an elastic member passing around the bottom portion of thefender or guard, and means whereby the fender or guard is given alateral swinging motion by the movement of the car, substantially asshown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 29th day of May,1903.

TEODOSIO TERZANO.

Witnesses:

I HARRY DORR,

EURY OozEINoLA.

